
Unless of course you count the classical Greek I read 30 years ago and of course my old friend 'Ender's game' where Rowling stole the bulk of her ideas and characters?
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*has not actually read the books either*
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Thu 19 Mar 2009, 1:09,
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the emminent Mr Tahkcalb was good enough to direct me towards these seventies childrens' books which would seem a more likely "inspiration" for that Rowling wench
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Witch